Medical Dictionary

multiple personality disorder

noun

Medical Definition of MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER

:  a dissociative disorder that is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct and complex identities or personality states each of which becomes dominant and controls behavior from time to time to the exclusion of the others—abbreviation MPD; called also alternating personality, dissociative identity disorder

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